* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Derpy Hooves[=/=]Ditzy Doo becomes a pure {{Determinator}} during the storm, all for the sake of her daughter Dinky.]]* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Pinkie isn't the only one with a crush on somepony; Lyra also has feelings for her best friend Bon-Bon, but is afraid of ruining their friendship. And other instances pop up as the story progresses, like [[spoiler:Caramel ''and'' Twilight towards Big Mac]] and [[spoiler:Cloudkicker for Fluttershy]].

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* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Derpy Derpy Hooves[=/=]Ditzy Doo becomes a pure {{Determinator}} during the storm, all for the sake of her daughter Dinky.]]Dinky.* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Pinkie isn't the only one with a crush on somepony; Lyra also has feelings for her best friend Bon-Bon, but is afraid of ruining their friendship. And other instances pop up as the story progresses, like [[spoiler:Caramel Caramel ''and'' Twilight towards Big Mac]] Mac and [[spoiler:Cloudkicker Cloudkicker for Fluttershy]].Fluttershy.

* ArcWords: Yo dawg, we heard you like arc words, so we gave your arc words their own arc words so that they can... arc while... they... word? Whatever. [[spoiler:The arc words are "I love you, Pinkie! Please wake up!", but those words are not revealed to the reader until near the end. Every time Pinkie hears them, the reader is greeted with]] "It said seven simple words to her..."* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Nightmare exists so long as despair exists. "You'll find me where there's no laughter to be heard, and wherever despair has taken hold of a heart."

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* ArcWords: Yo dawg, we heard you like arc words, so we gave your arc words their own arc words so that they can... arc while... they... word? Whatever. [[spoiler:The The arc words are "I [[spoiler:"I love you, Pinkie! Please wake up!", up!"]], but those words are not revealed to the reader until near the end. Every time Pinkie hears them, the reader is greeted with]] with "It said seven simple words to her..."* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Nightmare [[spoiler: Nightmare]] exists so long as despair exists. "You'll find me where there's no laughter to be heard, and wherever despair has taken hold of a heart."

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] attempts this several times, on both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. By the end, [[spoiler:this backfires epically when it comes to Pinkie]].* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Pinkie attempting to warn Dash that she's in the middle of a nightmare]].* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Pinkie's final battle with Nightmare; she never falls for his attempts to [[BreakTheCutie break her]]]].* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by [[spoiler:Nightmare]]; Pinkie's dream is a dream come true, where Rainbow Dash has agreed to go steady with her, and she's holding [[TitleDrop the titular]] party that's never going to end. [[spoiler:The dream is shaped by her denial, which will end once she and Rainbow Dash dies]].

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* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] attempts this several times, on both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. By the end, [[spoiler:this this backfires epically when it comes to Pinkie]].Pinkie.* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pinkie attempting to warn Dash that she's in the middle of a nightmare]].nightmare.* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Pinkie's final battle with Nightmare; [[spoiler: Nightmare]]; she never falls for his attempts to [[BreakTheCutie break her]]]].her]].* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by [[spoiler:Nightmare]]; Pinkie's dream is a dream come true, where Rainbow Dash has agreed to go steady with her, and she's holding [[TitleDrop the titular]] party that's never going to end. [[spoiler:The The dream is shaped by her denial, which will end once she [[spoiler:she and Rainbow Dash dies]].

* DarkReprise: After [[spoiler: Dash rejects her confession]], Pinkie sings part of her 'cleaning up/cheering up Dash' song again.* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Nightmare's]] tactic of choice: pushing its victims to this point so that they can't resist [[spoiler:its DemonicPossession]].

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* DarkReprise: After [[spoiler: Dash rejects her confession]], confession, Pinkie sings part of her 'cleaning up/cheering up Dash' song again.* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Nightmare's]] tactic of choice: pushing its victims to this point so that they can't resist [[spoiler:its DemonicPossession]].it's DemonicPossession.

** [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie, when it comes to fighting Nightmare. She will NOT give in to despair.]]** [[spoiler: All the pegasi working to the point of exhaustion to try to hold back the storm. Fluttershy deserves special mention because she is not a good flyer and not skilled in weather manipulation, but will protect her friends to the point of incapacitation.]]

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** [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie, when it comes to fighting Nightmare. [[spoiler: Nightmare]]. She will NOT give in to despair.]]despair.** [[spoiler: All the pegasi working to the point of exhaustion to try to hold back the storm. Fluttershy deserves special mention because she is not a good flyer and not skilled in weather manipulation, but will protect her friends to the point of incapacitation.]]

* [[DreamPeople Dream Ponies]]: Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:the dream versions of Pinkie and Twilight's friends attending her Lotus Eater Party stand up to their own creator]].* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]

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* [[DreamPeople Dream Ponies]]: Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:the the dream versions of Pinkie and Twilight's friends attending her Lotus Eater Party stand up to their own creator]].creator.* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]EarnYourHappyEnding

* EveryoneIsGay: {{Lampshaded}} by the ending, where [[spoiler:Applejack notices Big Mac and Caramel are among those coupling up after the storm clears and comments that it's apparently up to her to continue the Apple family line. ...And Rarity takes offense to that]].

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* EveryoneIsGay: {{Lampshaded}} by the ending, where [[spoiler:Applejack Applejack notices Big Mac and Caramel are among those coupling up after the storm clears and comments that it's apparently up to her to continue the Apple family line. ...And Rarity takes offense to that]].that.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Appropriately enough, [[spoiler:Nightmare itself]] turns out to be [[spoiler:the spirit of an abandoned foal that was completely consumed by its own loneliness]].* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash has committed suicide twenty-four times in a row in her dream, before finally being rescued by Pinkie]].* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Pinkie gets trapped in one, and Twilight almost falls victim while trying to get her out.]]* LoveConfession: Pinkie staged parties where she could pretend to confess her feelings as a way to blow off steam. [[spoiler:Her ''actual'' confession doesn't go the way she hoped at first...]]** This is also eventually revealed to be ''why'' [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash rejected her: it reminded her of another confession that she violently rejected]].* MamaBear: [[spoiler:This is what keeps Derpy going during the long fight against the storm]].

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Appropriately enough, [[spoiler:Nightmare itself]] [[spoiler:Nightmare]] itself turns out to be [[spoiler:the the spirit of an abandoned foal that was completely [[spoiler: consumed by its own loneliness]].* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:Rainbow Rainbow Dash has [[spoiler: committed suicide suicide]] twenty-four times in a row in her dream, before finally being rescued by Pinkie]].Pinkie.* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pinkie gets trapped in one, and Twilight almost falls victim while trying to get her out.]]out.* LoveConfession: Pinkie staged parties where she could pretend to confess her feelings as a way to blow off steam. [[spoiler:Her Her ''actual'' confession doesn't go the way she hoped at first...]]first...** This is also eventually revealed to be ''why'' [[spoiler:Rainbow Rainbow Dash rejected her: [[spoiler: it reminded her of another confession that she violently rejected]].* MamaBear: [[spoiler:This This is what keeps Derpy going during the long fight against the storm]].storm.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] claims to have been summoned by [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash's guilt over betraying her friend]]. (Actually, it was [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie who accidentally caused it]].)* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted and lampshaded.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] claims to have been summoned by [[spoiler:Rainbow Rainbow Dash's guilt over betraying her friend]]. friend. (Actually, it was [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie Pie]] who accidentally caused it]].it.)* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted and lampshaded.lampshaded, the storm doesn't dissipate just because the [[spoiler Nightmare]] is defeated.

* PronounTrouble: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] takes on various forms of both genders, and is described as both 'she' and 'he'. Even when [[spoiler:its origin is revealed]], its ''gender'' remains a mystery.

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* PronounTrouble: [[spoiler:Nightmare]] takes on various forms of both genders, and is described as both 'she' and 'he'. Even when [[spoiler:its it's origin is revealed]], its revealed, it's ''gender'' remains a mystery.

* TakingTheBullet: Or rather, [[spoiler:taking the full force of Nightmare's possession attempt]].* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Or rather, [[spoiler:''laughing'' the Nightmare away]]. Played with in that [[spoiler:it doesn't entirely vanquish it, and veers back and forth with its effectiveness]].

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* TakingTheBullet: Or rather, [[spoiler:taking taking the full force of Nightmare's [[spoiler: Nightmare's]] possession attempt]].attempt.* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Or rather, [[spoiler:''laughing'' ''laughing'' the Nightmare away]]. [[spoiler: Nightmare]] away. Played with in that [[spoiler:it it doesn't entirely vanquish it, and veers back and forth with its effectiveness]].effectiveness.

* XanatosGambit: or, close enough, set up by [[spoiler:''Pinkie'' of all ponies. When she and Dash are in Dash's heart, she takes Nightmare's possession attempt meant for Dash. Turns out that she knows that nightmare will win in Dash's heart but has no chance against her in her own heart. Even if that plan does fail, at least Dash will be safe.]]

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* XanatosGambit: or, Or, close enough, set up by [[spoiler:''Pinkie'' ''Pinkie'' of all ponies. When she and Dash are in Dash's heart, she [[spoiler:she takes Nightmare's possession attempt meant for Dash. Turns out that she knows that nightmare Nightmare will win in Dash's heart but has no chance against her in her own heart. heart.]] Even if that plan does fail, at least Dash will be safe.]]

[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/story-party-has-ended.html The Party Never Ended]] is, at its core, a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Shipping}} FanFic centered around Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. But around that blossoms an even greater crisis -- a storm is coming to Ponyville, and an old enemy with it!

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[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/story-party-has-ended.html fimfiction.net/story/6868/the-party-hasnt-ended The Party Never Ended]] is, at its core, a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Shipping}} FanFic centered around Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. But around that blossoms an even greater crisis -- a storm is coming to Ponyville, and an old enemy with it!

* XanatosGambit: or, close enough, set up by [[spoiler:''Pinkie'' of all ponies. When she and Dash are in Dash's heart, she takes Nightmare's possession attempt meant for Dash. Turns out that she knows that nightmare will win in Dash's heart but has no chance against her in her own heart. If she fails, at least Dash will be safe.]]

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* XanatosGambit: or, close enough, set up by [[spoiler:''Pinkie'' of all ponies. When she and Dash are in Dash's heart, she takes Nightmare's possession attempt meant for Dash. Turns out that she knows that nightmare will win in Dash's heart but has no chance against her in her own heart. If she fails, Even if that plan does fail, at least Dash will be safe.]]

* ArcWords: Yo dawg, we heard you like arc words, so we gave your arc words their own arc words. [[spoiler:The arc words are "I love you, Pinkie! Please wake up!", but those words are not revealed to the reader until near the end. Every time Pinkie hears them, the reader is greeted with]] "It said seven simple words to her..."

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* ArcWords: Yo dawg, we heard you like arc words, so we gave your arc words their own arc words.words so that they can... arc while... they... word? Whatever. [[spoiler:The arc words are "I love you, Pinkie! Please wake up!", but those words are not revealed to the reader until near the end. Every time Pinkie hears them, the reader is greeted with]] "It said seven simple words to her..."

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